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Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
Teachings on Bodhicharyavatara
Session 45
Chapter 6: Patience
Stanzas 124-126
In his commentary on these next verses Rinpoche points out that even though we revere the wisdom and kindness of the buddhas and bodhisattvas it is through our misdeeds that we cause unhappiness to them. Thus it is imperative that we ask forgiveness for transgressions which have been the cause of suffering to sentient beings, and consequently to the buddhas and bodhisattvas themselves.
To benefit all beings we must become the master of our own thoughts and actions. Becoming master of my own thoughts and actions will allow me to serve others, because I have gained control of my own wayward thoughts. When I consider that sentient beings have been my parents in previous lives, then it motivates me to respect them and through the practice of patience, even when they don’t appreciate my offer I go one step further and determine to make them the primary recipients of my future enlightenment.
My primary concern is to make the buddhas and bodhisattvas happy, and I do this by developing a positive and forgiving attitude, understanding where I cause harm, and putting sentient beings before myself.
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Rinpoche
The white Tara sadhana in the short version by Tenga Rinpoche has still many draws that require a lot of familiarity with the Tibetan and Indian tradition and also wide Buddhist background. However short the sadhana will be made as far as it is composed by a teacher not familiar with the cultural and educational background of the student then the student has to take upon him self the obligation to learn this peculiarities of the mind, which composed the sadhana, in order to follow.
I would think that you are able to compose such sadhana for the “western” mind using the Buddhist wisdom in such a way that a “western” student is not placed too often in a situation that when practicing the sadhana he/she encounters on the path unfamiliar expresions and vehicles and will not face situation when the function of some elements is completely unknown because the tools required for setting the mind in proper motion are too strange.
Would you take up such request?
Andrzej
Rinpoche brought it well together: asking for forgiveness for any negative deeds, becoming master of my own mind, which is getting better, have a little bit more patience…and not jump to gun immediately, still need to work on habital tendencies and neg emotions like anger, desire, laziness etc, but also serving becomes much better now that I see more benefit in this. And so many people are serving so bravely, as we started to notice during the Pandemie. This creates good causes for peaceful future…even though we all need to be careful and serve out of altruïsm. Thank you Rinpoche and organizers from Bodhicharyavatara for this course.